下線(かせん)

Common patterns

• 下線(かせん)を引(ひ)く (to underline, to draw a line under)
• 下線(かせん)を消(け)す (to remove an underline)
• 下線(かせん)を付(つ)ける (to add an underline)
• 下線部(かせんぶ) (underlined part/section)

Test language: Common in Japanese exams:

• 「下線部(かせんぶ)の意味(いみ)を答(こた)えなさい」 (Answer the meaning of the underlined part)
• 「下線部(かせんぶ)を英訳(えいやく)しなさい」 (Translate the underlined part into English)

Typography terms

• 傍線(ぼうせん) (sideline - vertical line beside text)
• 取(と)り消(け)し線(せん) (strikethrough)
• 波線(なみせん) (wavy line)

Note: In computing, the underscore character (_) is called アンダースコア or アンダーバー.